Art Saves Lives, and a Cookie Factory, in Denver

Art saves lives. Sometimes more than once.

Art has offered Amanda Precourt salvation throughout her life, first it’s creation, now its collection.

“Around seven or eight, I started drawing all the time to try to manage my chaos, the chaos that I felt around me in the world,” Precourt said. “My parents got divorced and I was very young and so I started drawing and painting as a way to moderate my own mood.”

Drawing. Painting. She worked in ceramics as a kid. She took art classes in college at Stanford and became an architectural designer.

Born and raised in Denver, Precourt lived a life of wealth and privilege. Her father was a fossil energy tycoon. She splits her time between Denver and the jet set in Vail.

A fantasy life from the outside looking in.